Palestine: Islamic Countries Should Urge the United States to Do More for a Two-State Solution
Mujeeb Khan
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomes President Joe Biden in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
Israeli Police clash with Palestinians in al-Aqsa mosque, 17 April 2022 |
Leaders of Islamic
countries said that the Palestine issue would resolve after the end of the Cold
War. Then it said that the Palestine problem will be solved after Saddam
Hussein’s problem is solved. Saddam Hussein is a major obstacle in solving this
issue. Then it said that the Palestinians would have to bring in new
leadership. Yasir Arafat had gone, and Mahmoud Abbas came with the new
leadership of the Palestinians. The US kept the Palestinians on the sidelines
of the two-state solution and allowed Israel to build new Jewish settlements
between Palestinian territories. During this period, Israel settled half a
million Jewish settlements in the deep Palestinian territories. Clashes between
Jewish settlers in the midst of a dense Palestinian population are a major
problem. In the media, it is described as Palestinians' attacks on Israeli Jews. The
Arabs were engaged in the war against terrorism, the war in Iraq, the war in
Syria, the war in Libya, and the war in Yemen against Al Qaeda. On the one hand,
the Arabs were engaged in these wars, and on the other hand, Iran threatened
the Arab rulers. Thirdly, the Middle East is divided into a Shia-Sunni tussle. It was
US-Israel propaganda that Iran’s influence was increasing in the Middle East. Arab
rulers in the Middle East were under the influence of America. In this case, the
Iranian influence would have challenged the American influence in the Middle
East. For six years it said that Iran was helping the Houthis in the war with
Saudi Arabia, but America made a cease-fire within hours. And there has
been silence in front of Saudi Arabia and Yemen for two months. Iran is in
its place within its borders. Iran has not occupied even an inch of anyone’s
land. Iran has repeatedly called for a ban on lethal weapons, including nuclear
weapons, in the Middle East. But America, Europe, and Israel do not consider
this demand of Iran to be in their interest. Their only insistence is to
prevent Iran from going nuclear, and the arms trade will continue in the Middle
East.
Trying to isolate
Iran in the Middle East was not possible. For stability in the Middle East, the
Arab countries considered it necessary to join Iran. In this regard, they have also
made some progress in the dialogues with Iran. In the current situation of the
world, the regional countries must make a policy to solve the problems of the
region in the region. Now Arab Islamic countries are pressured to recognize Israel
and establish diplomatic relations with it. Islamic countries that were close
allies of America in the Cold War, for fifty years have been pushing America to
resolve the Palestinian conflict. After the 1973 Arab-Israel war, Pakistan’s
Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto pleaded with President Nixon at the
White House to please resolve the Palestinian issue, it will become a major threat
to world peace and stability. After 9/11, Malaysian President Mahathir
Mohammad asked President George Bush to resolve the Palestinian conflict.
Pakistan’s President General Pervez Musharraf and other leaders of Islamic
countries also urged President Bush to resolve the Palestinian conflict,
but no American president had listened to Islamic countries. They kept the
Palestine conflict alive. President Biden made promises in his recent meeting
with Palestinian leaders. But this is only to the extent of words and promises.
There is nothing to happen, what Israel wants will happen?